01 Xantonè Blacq - Search For The Sun
Xan Blacq surprised all the vinyl maniacs last year with this stunning 12" 'Search for The Sun' & 'The Dance' - The tracks were heavily charted by all the underground music nation.Picked up by London west-end top shop Vinyl Junkies for a single, the track has been also voted no.10 on Gilles Peterson's Worldwide All Winners Competion 2002.
02 Bakazou - The Little Egypt - (Cuica Rmx)
Bakazou is a talented duo that saw their first realease blow up on Pete Herbert's label ' Specialist Interest'. Here they get the jazzy Cuica treatment on the unreleased 'The Little Egypt'.The Cuica Boys met in 1992 when Pete Herbert worked alongside Simon Lee (Faze Action) at Daddy Kool records in Soho, London. Simone Serritella was a frequent long-distance shopper and the two maintained a friendship as the years went by. Their first collaboration under the Cuica guise was the single "Percussive One" released on Arision. Then, when the demo CD-r version of "Trommel Monster" landed on Andrew Jervis A+R desk at Ubiquity, talks of a single release began immediately. The album deal was made when Jervis visited London a few months later. That same week Serritella DJ'd with Tyrrell (Interfearence) Alex Attias (Beatless) and Jervis at the Ubiquity 100th release party at the Nottinghill Arts Club....The rest as they say - is history*.
03 DharmaOne feat.Tuomo - Belong
Also working as Dharma, Breakwater Crew and The Quintessence on such labels as Formation, Inspirit Music, Dorado and Straight Up Breakbeat, "Belong" is his best one yet, a truly amazing piece of music with a live feel, coupled with the astonoshing vocal performance by Tuomo. Soulful, funky and uplifting, this is the sound of nine2five 2002.The track has been voted no.3 on Gilles Peterson's Worldwide All Winners Competion 2002. RADIOPLAY includes Patrick Forge - Kiss FM, Andrew Jervis (Ubiquity) - KUSF, Kyoto Jazz Massive (JAPAN) - no. 1, Nik Weston (UK) - no.1, Lurch (Knowledge Mag, UK) - no. 1
04 Hajime Yoshizawa - I Am With You
Hajime Yoshizawa is an accomplished keyboard player, composer and a producer. He is a menber of Sleep Walker/Cosmic Village and released his first debut album HAJIME in UK (1991). Some of the participated artists include Mark Johnson and Peter Erskine from the acclaimed fusion jazz group, Weather Report. Hajime also played and recorded many songs for artist such as Kyoto Jazz Massive, Mondo Grosso, Monday Michiru, Bird, UFO, Da Lata and Jazzanova. In June 2002, he released his self-titled album Hajime Yoshizawa on Universal Japan. Included in the album was a single cut 'I am with You' (featuring Chris Franck of Da Lata fame and Nina Miranda of Especial Records), which became a TV commercial hit song. 'I am with You' is also included in Patrick Forgef's new compilation: Patrick Forge PF02 (Trust the DJ). Hajime has also released 3 singles (Secret Flight, Endless Bow, I am with you remixes) on Especial Records. He has remixed the likes of Jazzanova and Wagon Cookin' among others.
05 Consequences - The Cat - Nature's Plan ReWork
Nature's Plan is one of the main alter-egos of Marc Mac from 4 Hero, the talented producer from North London's label Reinforced Records, that for many years now (alongside partner Dego of 2000 Black ) has been one of the most cutting-edge artists on the planet. Their first Lp on Talking Loud 'Two Pages' won them a Mercury Prize Award, and let the world discover the potential of a genre like drum & bass. Afterwards the duo moved on to an even higher production level working with people like Ursula Rucker, Jill Scott, Mark Murphy, Alma Horton. The Nature's Plan guise encompasses the more housey-broken detroit-like side of Marc Mac. On this track a notable collaboration with Atalnta based Consequences Mac delivers a jam that is a future classic
06 Cuica - Percussive One - Vipersquad 2003 Re-Edit
Daniel Maunick is 'Vipersquad', a talented producer from North London. Son of the legendary Bluey, producer of Incognito - one of the most successful jazz-funk bands of all time. From a very early age Daniel was involved with the acid jazz scene through clubs like DingWalls in the early 90's and then Barumba in 95' (at only age 14 !!!!). Later, he moved on to the new up and coming drum & bass scene on the epic club Speed of Fabio & Grooverider. He got his first deal through Gilles Peterson's Talking Loud label under the guise of Dj Venom. From then on he has been recognized with Seiji and Domu (working with label like Solaria, Far Out, SSR) as one of the most talented young producers in the world. Sometimes broken, sometimes hip-hop, sometimes bossa there is nothing the boy can't do. Here gives a lethal treatment to the first Arision classic by Cuica, the deep Brazilian jam Percussive One.
07 Domu Feat. Alexander - Won't Let It Go
Having been playing out for around 10 years from the age of 14, the styles of Domu have been varied. With early Drum n Bass productions on Reinforced under guises like Static Imprints and Sonar Circle, Domu has been around the block. Domu was created from the ashes of the experimentation that can be heard on "Radius", the first L.P from Sonar Circle, which fuses many elements far more easily than was possible within the restrictions of the Drum and Bass mainframe. The first Domu 12" was released on 2000 Black in the summer of '99, with the first Domu LP "Up and Down" released on Archive. The first Rima lp is ready to drop on JCR Compost Records in 2003. On 'Be Arisionable' he teams up with Alexander (main vocalist on the Big Bang lp) for a sought after production that has seen many Djs go crazy.
08 Hopper - Flightime
Part of the 4Hero's entourage, drummer producer Luke Parkhouse has been for long time involved with Dollis Hill 's Marc & Dego. Recently he's been active on the nu-jazz scene, working with C. Anderson and Domu,on labels like Twisted Funk and Archive. Taking part in the project Visioners: a series of 7" live jazz tracks - have left djs round the world buzzing. His live-not live approach makes one of the most respectable musicians turned producers of the moment. Here he delivers the intriguing 'Flightime' a combination of deep pads and heavy drums, with some serious string action, that is literally to die for.
09 Big Bang Reminissin'
Now working on a series of remixes, after the acclaimed Grupo Batuque's Big Bang rework, Simone is busy in the study laying his trademark on works from the likes of Rainer Truby, Bobby Hughes , S-Tone Inc, Pressure Drop, Infekto, Minus 8, and an exclusive remix for a new Bebel Gilberto project.
10 Duo Tone - Ra Beat
Still only the tender age of 24, Tyler Askew has already made his mark on emerging international music cultures, as a dj-producer, journalist, designer, and all around facilitator. Originally from Atlanta, Tyler's early association with Karl Injex in the mid-90's paved the way for many future collaborations, including their deep involvement with London's Straight No Chaser magazine. Their highly respected column 'Transatlantic Audio' highlights new music across genres. In 1999, Tyler spent time in London working with Chaser, and studying design under their visual supremo Ian "Swifty" Swift. He has been influential in cultivating labels such as Arision, Solaria, and Neroli, and has worked with Ubiquity, Far Out, Archive, Spiritual Life and most recently NYC's Quango. Currently Tyler is working as an independent designer in NYC, while pursuing a number music related ventures including a new radio show on Milkaudio.com. and his long time downtempo passion that culminates in the DuoTone productions. For more info: www.tyleraskew.com
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